Second Malaria Elimination Advisory Group (MEAG) meeting
A two-day meeting was held at the National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH) to review the progress of the Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project (MEDP). MEAG members, stakeholders and observers from all around the country were present for the meeting. Presentations by PATH, CHAI, Malaria No More, Tata Trust and Godrej in their respective work in malaria were made. Day 1 included presentations on state of M-MEDP-MEDP structure, project timeline, staffing update, communication, collaborations, training and assessment of Field Workers, summary of first MEAG with follow up, demo and training of IEC/BCC, roll-out of Track, Test and Treat (T3), surveillance and case management, troubleshooting, inter-sectorial coordination, real-time reporting and data sharing along with a demo of the mobile application surveillance tool “SOCH” Day 2 began with presentations on proposed research questions by scientists from ICMR NIRTH followed by ASHA needs assessment, LLIN monitoring and entomological studies done by the project. The meeting concluded with a discussion on solutions for observed challenges. A sub-committee was formed to address the issues and the report was submitted on the same day.